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The best horror news in movies and TV, especially with a focus on streaming platforms like Amazon, Netflix, Hulu, Shudder, HBO Max, and Paramount Plus. We also cover theatrical releases.
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An Official Cause of Death Has Been Released for Tim Curry
Tim Curry died at his home in Toluca Lake, Los Angeles, on Tuesday, August 25, just before midnight at 11:18 p.m. His manager said he passed peacefully. LAPD confirmed officers responded to a call for service that day and completed a death investigation for a male in his 80s at home in North Hollywood. He…
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The Creepiest Part of Death of the Pastor’s Wife on Netflix Was Left Out of the Docuseries
Netflix’s Death of the Pastor’s Wife spent three episodes on John-Paul Miller’s marriage to Mica and they don’t even mention some of the worst aspects of the case. It never mentioned that a lawsuit accuses John-Paul of abusing a 15-year-old girl when he was a 19-year-old youth church leader. A February 2025 lawsuit accuses John-Paul…
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Keegan-Michael Key Says He and Jordan Peele Will Probably Make a Horror Movie Together: “Whenever We Talk, We Talk About It”
Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele have talked about making a horror movie together. It just hasn’t happened yet because the right project hasn’t presented itself. Key, 55, laid it out in a chat with PEOPLE while promoting Buddy, the new mascot horror-comedy in which he voices a sinister unicorn. He credits Peele, 47, with pulling…
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‘Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence’ Hits VOD on October 6, 2026
The latest movie in the Killer Tomatoes franchise will land on VOD on October 6, 2026. The movie had an extremely limited theatrical release, but most of us haven’t had a chance to see it yet. Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence is the fifth(!) movie in the Killer Tomatoes film franchise. The new…
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Bite Size Terror: Tubi to Debut Short-Form Horror Anthology Series This Fall
Bite Size Terror is a ten-episode anthology series that will include different stories from multiple subgenres of horror, and will focus on introducing new filmmakers to audiences. This is another big push in Tubi in their support of horror. They partnered with the FrightFest film festival this year, and they recently launched the Terror on…
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Terrible News: Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Perfect Horror Movie, ‘Pulse’ (2001), Is Getting a Remake
‘Pulse’ is a techno-horror movie that scared audiences using little more than shadows and silence. Now Sony wants to redo it for the internet age. According to Deadline, ‘Never After Dark’ director Dave Boyle will helm a reimagining of Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s 2001 classic. The original follows two groups of people who find evidence that spirits…
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Margaret Qualley and Callum Turner Are Playing the Doomed Couple in a Remake of One of the Most Disturbing Horror Films Ever Made
The movie being remade is “Possession,” Andrzej Żuławski’s 1981 cult horror film, a Cold War nightmare about a marriage collapsing into something monstrous. It’s remembered above all for Isabelle Adjani’s Cannes-winning performance and a subway-tunnel breakdown routinely cited as one of the most extreme scenes in horror. Now Parker Finn, the mind behind “Smile,” is…
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How a Parody of ‘Obsession’ Became the Most Hated Golf Ad of the Year
Horror movies can be violent. Golf ads usually aren’t. That is the short version of why a Callaway campaign blew up this week. The ad was for a co-branded driver with Good Good and Callaway. It shows a man rush towards a woman as she reaches for his golf clubs. He shoves her to the…
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Maisie Williams Paid Homage to Sandra Bullock at the ‘Practical Magic 2’ London Premiere
Maisie Williams didn’t just play Sandra Bullock’s on-screen daughter — she dressed like one. On the London red carpet, she stepped out in a custom burgundy 2-piece gown designed to echo the T-shirt-and-skirt combo Bullock wore back in 1999. The dress, a bespoke burgundy set by British designer Ellie Misner, made its debut at the…
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Chris Hansen Is Weighing Legal Action Against A24 Over Robert Pattinson Movie
Chris Hansen isn’t thrilled about A24’s upcoming film, Primetime, and he’s floating the idea of doing something about it. “You could have done the same movie without it,” he says of the studio’s decision to use his real name in the project, in which Robert Pattinson plays him. “The reason why they used it is…
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The Netflix ‘False Prophet’ Just Found Out How Much Time He’ll Serve for Keeping 3 Girls Locked in an Unventilated Cargo Trailer
Samuel Bateman, 50, will serve 24 more years in state prison. The number came on top of a sentence he’s already serving that runs half a century. The self-proclaimed prophet led a polygamous offshoot of the FLDS and was convicted on three counts of child abuse in Coconino County, one for each girl found locked…
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Tim Curry Wasn’t a Conventional Leading Man — and That Was the Point
Most actors who break through with a striking screen presence spend the rest of their careers chasing the romantic lead — the polished, handsome parts Hollywood keeps steering talent toward. Tim Curry went the other way. He chased roles that were eccentric, flamboyant, and villainous. He also had a working habit of taking “a sharp…
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Tim Curry Played the Devil in ‘Legend’ and Pennywise in ‘IT,’ but the Darkest Role He Ever Took Was a Two-Episode Serial Killer Arc on ‘Criminal Minds’
Curry played the Devil in Legend and Pennywise in the 1990 IT, but the role that rattled him most was a two-episode guest spot on “Criminal Minds,” and he bullied his way onto the show to get it. “I am a demented fan,” Tim Curry said of Criminal Minds. “I’ve seen every episode at least…
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Pennywise Is Gone: Tim Curry, Horror Icon of ‘IT’ and ‘Rocky Horror,’ Dies at 80
Tim Curry, who terrified a generation as the child-eating clown Pennywise and made a cult legend of himself as Frank-N-Furter, died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles at 80. He’d been recovering from a serious stroke since 2012. Curry died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles, his longtime agent and manager Marcia Hurwitz…
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A shark/werewolf Hybrid Terrorizes a Resort Town in the No-Budget Movie ‘Wereshark’, Now on Fandango at Home
I’m not sure this one needs a ton of explaining, but here goes: Wereshark is about a part-werewolf part-shark monster that attacks and kills people. People then try to stop the wereshark. The movie is from co-writers and co-directors Curtis Everitt and Robbie Lopez. Looking at IMDB, Everitt has over 100 credits in micro-budget filmmaking.…
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Two Thieves Are Trapped Inside a House with a Man Slowly Turning into a Zombie in ‘Turning Point’, Now Available on VOD
Two thieves break into a house for a bit of burglary. They’re inside when the owner gets back home, but what they don’t know is that he’s been bitten by a zombie. When the homeowner boards up the exits so he can’t get out and hurt people when he turns, the burglars realize they’re going…
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The Directors of ‘Tomorrow, You Pretty Ghost’ Call It “a Sincere Film About Insincere People.” Now on VOD.
Tomorrow, You Pretty Ghost is described as a horror comedy about keeping in touch with your high school friends. Theater kids Haley and Chas love playing pranks on their friends. As graduation nears, they decide to play one last elaborate trick, but it doesn’t go the way they envisioned. In a statement from Alex Morand…
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A Cryptozoologist and a Detective Hunting for One Monster Find Two in the Micro-Budget Creature Feature ‘Mothman vs Bigfoot’, Now on VOD
Mothman vs. Bigfoot is a no-budget monster movie from prolific micro-to-no budget filmmaker Dustin Ferguson (Space Sharks, Quakeasaurus, and well over 100 additional movies). I couldn’t find a ton of information about the movie, but the plot description accompanying the trailer on YouTube mentions an attack that leaves just one survivor. The investigation into the…